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Le Corps pour Royaume. Un langage politique de la fin du XVIe siècle et début du XVIIe

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  • Anne-Marie Brenot

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[eng] Abstract : The political language in the 16th century has privilegiated the body, its organs and functions as means to express political ideas. In some cases the organic métaphore is used to show an harmonious society, in others to illustrate antagonisms and disputes. The analysis of two major texts, la Satyre Ménippée anonymous (1593) and le Pourtraict du très-Chrestien et très-Victorieux Henri IIII... by G. Blaignan (1604), points out how the symbolic body of the King fits the Glory of the Kingdom. Two images are impressive : the royal body in pieces when the Kingdom was during the religion wars, a new body as that of Hercules triumfans to celebrate the sacralized unity of the regenerated Kingdom. [fre] Résumé : Le langage du XVIe siècle choisit le corps comme mode de représentation politique. Selon les cas la métaphore organique est appelée à mettre en scène l'harmonie sociale ou au contraire les dissensions et les antagonismes. Par l'analyse précise de deux œuvres la Satyre Ménippée (1593) d'une part, et le Pourtraict du très-Chrestien et très-Victorieux Henri IIII... de G. Blaignan (1604) d'autre part, cet article tente de montrer comment le corps symbolique du roi s'identifie aux heurs et aux malheurs du royaume. Un corps royal en morceaux pour représenter le royaume mis à l'encan durant les guerres de religion, un corps ressuscité sous la forme d'Hercule triomphant pour célébrer l'unité sacralisée du royaume régénéré, telles sont les deux visions saisissantes qui se dégagent de ces œuvres.

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  • Anne-Marie Brenot, 1991. "Le Corps pour Royaume. Un langage politique de la fin du XVIe siècle et début du XVIIe," Histoire, économie & société, Programme National Persée, vol. 10(4), pages 441-466.
    • Handle: RePEc:prs:hiseco:hes_0752-5702_1991_num_10_4_1578
    DOI: 10.3406/hes.1991.1578
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